Keyword
lane
- to do
- to mock
- to tease
- to play with
- Frequency
- #1113
- Strokes
- 7
Readings
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Mnemonic
Two hands 廾 playing with a piece of jade 玉; 廾 also provides the pronunciation
Stroke order
Composed of
Used in vocabulary
弄
lane; alley
弄
to do; to manage; to handle; to play with; to fool with; to mess with; to fix; to toy with
玩弄
to play with; to toy with; to dally with; to engage in; to resort to
愚弄
to make a fool out of; to fool; to dupe
弄清
to clarify; to fully understand
嘲弄
to tease; to poke fun at; to make fun of
戏弄
to play tricks on; to make fun of; to tease
卖弄
to show off; to make a display of
捉弄
to tease
弄错
to err; to get sth wrong; to miscalculate; to misunderstand
糊弄
to fool; to deceive; to go through the motions
弄死
to kill; to put to death
弄虚作假
to practice fraud (idiom); by trickery
摆弄
to move back and forth; to fiddle with
作弄
to tease; to play tricks on
弄脏
to make dirty; to defile; to smear
弄伤
to bruise; to hurt (something)
操弄
to manipulate; manipulation
弄堂
(dialect) alley; lane
里弄
lanes and alleys; neighborhood; lane neighborhoods in parts of Shanghai, with modified Chinese courtyard houses, occupied by single families in the 1930s, now crowded with multiple families
装神弄鬼
(lit.) to pretend to be in contact with supernatural beings (idiom); (fig.) to create a false sense of mystery; to play tricks to deceive or scare others; to engage in hocus-pocus
弄懂
to make sense of; to grasp the meaning of; to figure out
拨弄
to move to and fro (with hand, foot, stick etc); to fiddle with; to stir up
巷弄
alley; lane